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LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Bernstein Conducts Beethoven: Symphonies / Overtures / Missa Solemnis [remastered] New York Philharmonic, Leonard Bernstein, with Kim Borg (bass), Eileen Farrell (soprano), Carol Smith (contralto), Richard Lewis (tenor) [ Sony Classical / 10 CD Box Set - released 1/Dec/2019 ] Celebrating Beethoven's 250th anniversary and following Bernstein's centenary in 2018, Sony Classical is proud to re-release Bernstein's first recorded cycle of Beethoven symphonies, made with the New York Philharmonic between 1958 and 1964 Also... |
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Various/Munch
Various: Late Romantic Masterp [ Sony Classical / 7 CD - released 29/Aug/2011 ] |
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Various/Rilling
Bach, J.S.: Choral Works [ Sony Classical / 10 CD - released 4/Apr/2011 ] |
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Various/Slatkin
Williams: Leonard Slatkin Cond [ Sony Classical / 6 CD - released 29/Aug/2011 ] |
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VINCENZO BELLINI
Bellini: I Capuleti e I Montecchi (Complete opera recorded in 1997) Vesselina Kasarova, Ramon Vargas, Eva Mei & Simone Alberghini / Munchner Rundfunkorchester, Roberto Abbado [ Sony RCA Classical Opera / 3 CD Box Set - released 20/Feb/2017 ] I Capuleti e i Montecchi, Bellini's exquisitely lyrical treatment of Romeo and Juliet, has garnered renewed popularity in recent decades. The 1998 Munich recording reissued here is one of the catalogue's most acclaimed, particularly for the vibrant,... |
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Vicente Amigo
Tierra [ Sony Classical / CD - released 25/Feb/2013 ] |
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ANTONIN DVORAK
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Dvorak: Sextet in A / String Quintet in C Vienna Octet [ Decca / CD - released 20/Oct/1991 ] "..the recording, clean and warm-toned, is the equal of the playing" Gramophone Magazine (Quintet, Op. 77) |
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ZIEHRER / HELLMESBERGER / STRAUSS FAMILY
New Year's Concert in Vienna 2022 (LP) Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Daniel Barenboim [ Sony Classical / 3 LP - released 28/Jan/2022 ] There are few concerts in the world that are awaited with as much excitement as the New Year's Concert from Vienna. Under the direction of Daniel Barenboim, the Vienna Philharmonic ushers in the New Year. |
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ZIEHRER / SUPPE / HELLMESBERGER / STRAUSS FAMILY
New Year's Concert in Vienna 2023 (LP) Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Franz Welser-Möst [ Sony LP / 3 LP - released 27/Jan/2023 ] The New Year's Concert live from Vienna is one of the world's most famous and spectacular classical music events. It will be broadcast on TV and radio and reaches over 90 countries around the world with more than 50 million viewers |
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BERNSTEIN / GERSHWIN / DVORAK / COPLAND / STRAUSS / etc
Schoenbrunn 2019 - Summer Night Concert BLU-RAY Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Gustavo Dudamel, with Yuja Wang (piano) [ Sony Classical Blu-ray / Blu-ray - released 1/Aug/2019 ] The world's biggest annual classical open-air concert, The Summer Night Concert of the Vienna Philharmonic, returns to the magical setting of Schönbrunn Palace Baroque park in Vienna. After his successful debut at The Summer Night Concert in 2012,... |
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VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Summer Night Concert, Schonbrunn 2023 Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Yannick Nezet-Seguin, with Elina Garanca (mezzo) [ Sony Classical / CD - released 14/Jul/2023 ] 2023's 'Sommernachtskonzert' ('Summer Night Concert') was performed on June 8th, 2023. It is an annual open-air event, which has been held since 2008. The park of Schönbrunn Palace in Vienna/Austria is the magical setting for the concert. The... |
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STOLZ / ZIEHRER / WALDTEUFEL / STRAUSS FAMILY
New Year's Concert 2016 Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Mariss Jansons [ Sony Classical / 2 CD - released 20/Apr/2016 ] "Here is music and music-making in which elegance, dash and lightness of spirit sit side by side with pools of emotional quiet which can haunt the mind for days to come" Gramophone Magazine Editor's Choice, March 2016 |
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Vienna Philharmonic/Thielemann
Beethoven: 9 Symphonies (+Dvd) [ Sony Classical / 6 CD - released 2/Jan/2012 ] |
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PUCCINI
La fanciulla del West (complete opera recorded in 2013) BLU-RAY Vienna State Opera / Jonas Kaufmann, Nina Stemme, Tomasz Konieczny / Franz Welser-Most (cond) [ Sony Classical Blu-ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 10/Mar/2016 ] A celebrated new production of Puccini's La fanciulla del West from the Vienna State opera featuring Jonas Kaufmann and Nina Stemme. Staged by Marco Arturo Marelli, who sets it in a modern-day mining village, with the feel of a gritty modern drama,... |
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J. S. BACH
Johann Sebastian Bach - Víkingur Ólafsson (LP) Vikingur Olafsson (piano) [ Deutsche Grammophon / 2 LP - released 31/Jul/2002 ] "Every track has its own allure, and many reflect a virtuosity which is never flaunted; he treats the preludes and fugues as though they had been conceived as tone-poems or études." BBC Music Five Stars |
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VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Arrivederci Vittorio Grigolo (tenor) / Coro e Orchestra del Teatro Regio di Parma / Pier Giorgio Morandi [ Sony Classical / CD - released 1/Mar/2012 ] "Grigolo lets rip with popular Italian songs, emoting in a properly verismo manner about being lovesick and homesick for the southern sun and the Mediterranean moon" (BBC Music) |
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VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Ave Maria Vittorio Grigolo (tenor) / Orchestra Roma Sinfonietta, Fabio Cerroni [ Sony Classical / CD - released 15/Nov/2013 ] The Italian Tenor - Vittorio Grigolo - has an extraordinary background story and he now shares this through a very personal album of sacred music. Schooled at the "very source of sacred music" - in the Sistine Chapel Choir, Vittorio returns to Rome... |
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PHILIP GLASS
Glass: Piano Works (2LP) Víkingur Ólafsson (piano) / Siggi String Quartet [ Deutsche Grammophon / 2 LP - released 31/Jul/2002 ] "Ólafsson's interpretations inhabit a unique, distinct and extraordinary world all their own...[he] possesses that rare gift of illuminating a familiar work in unexpected ways, revealing hidden depths and drawing out its best qualities." Gramophone |
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SERGEI RACHMANINOV
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No.2 / Rhapsody on theme of Paganini Vladimir Ashkenazy (piano) / London Symphony Orchestra, Andre Previn [ Decca Ovation / CD - released 1/Jan/1990 ] "The composer himself is far rougher with his music than Ashkenazy ever is. Those who like Rachmaninov concertos to sound forceful above all will no doubt have reservations, but rarely has this work sounded so magically poetic" Gramophone |
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LISZT / TCHAIKOVSKY / PROKOFIEV / SCHUBERT / LISZT / CHOPIN / etc
Vladimir Feltsman - The Complete Sony Recordings Vladimir Feltsman (piano) with various orchestras & conductors [ Sony Classical Masters / 7 CD Box Set - released 1/Jul/2019 ] Sony Classical is pleased to release Vladimir Feltsman's complete recordings for Columbia. Feltsman is an internationally renowned classical pianist. He debuted with the Moscow Philharmonic at the age of eleven and he went on to win numerous... |